Sheet storage apparatus and printing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10457516-B2
Application number	US-201815891748-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2018
Priority date	Feb 27, 2017
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A sheet storage apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiving unit which receives a sheet that is discharged from a discharge port at a position below the discharge port, and a sheet butting unit which is provided in the vicinity of the receiving unit and receives a front end portion of the sheet. The sheet butting unit has a projection which is provided on at least one of an inner side surface and an inner upper surface of the sheet butting unit. The projection is configured to be capable of retaining a state of regulating vertically upward movement of the front end portion of the sheet being discharged from the discharge port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to perform printing on a sheet conveyed in a conveyance direction;
a discharge port configured to discharge the sheet on which printing has been performed by the printing unit;
a receiving unit configured to receive the sheet being discharged from the discharge port at a position below the discharge port; and
a sheet butting unit provided on an upstream side of the receiving unit with respect to the conveyance direction and configured to regulate movement of a front end of the sheet, wherein the sheet butting unit has a first surface provided facing the receiving unit and on which a plurality of projections are arranged, and a second surface provided above the first surface and on which a plurality of projections are arranged.

2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first surface is arranged in a vertical direction.

3. The printing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of the projections provided on the first surface are formed such that at least one of the projections located at a vertically upper part has a greater height.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface is arranged in a discharge direction of the sheet.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of the projections provided on the second surface have heights such that the projection among the arranged projections which is located on the most downstream side with respect to the discharge direction of the sheet is formed to be higher than the rest of the projections.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the height of the projections is greater than a value obtained by multiplying a maximum thickness of a sheet useable in the apparatus by a maximum number of the sheets useable in the apparatus.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ohashi Takakazu
• Anayama Daiki
• Yoneyama Hiromasa
• Asai Yasuyuki
• Suto Takuya
• Kikuchi Tetsuo
• Wada Itaru

Classifications

• B65H31/26 Primary

  Auxiliary devices for retaining articles in the pile · CPC title

• B65H31/36

  Auxiliary devices for contacting each article with a front stop as it is piled · CPC title

• B65H31/02

  with stationary end support against which pile accumulates · CPC title

• B41J13/106 Primary

  for the sheet output section · CPC title

• B65H31/20

  adjustable for different article sizes · CPC title